Bell runs for 146 yards, Steelers punish Browns 24-9

Down in the dumps?

The Browns are bad, plain and simple but the Steelers defense is awful in its own right.

In this case, with the Steelers mired in a four-game losing streak, the team needed a kick in the trousers. After a weird sequence where Browns penalties gave the Steelers multiple shots at a touchdown, the Steelers finally got in.

NFL Game Pass shows games that have already concluded. Their struggling ground game?

Running back Le’Veon Bell rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown and caught eight passes for 55 yards. Their problems stopping the run?

Kessler, who has completed 67 percent of his throws for 1,241 yards, six touchdowns and just one interception, also said his confidence hasn’t wavered in the meantime. But for the Browns to have a chance at notching their first win Sunday, they’ll have to figure out a way to at least slow them down. Haley said he’s never seen “this many receivers in and out of the lineup” in his coaching career.

They move to 0-11 on the season, continuing their search for their first victory of the year. For the first time since they joined the National Football League in 1950, they have lost their first ten games of the season, and have now lost eleven away games in a row.

The Browns are 0-10, and worse than that, they’ve won only three games since November 23, 2014. “We’re going to have to start this week”. I thought I was going to go to the Browns.

Tomlin said he isn’t amazed at what Harrison does at age 38, but maybe he should be.

Tomlin made a decision to go for the touchdown.

The teams exchanged field goals in the third quarter, and then things went from bad to worse for the Browns. The clock expired on an incomplete pass, but Browns defensive back Briean Boddy-Calhoun was called for defensive holding.

“This is football and this is a tough sport”, he said. “It is what it is”.

This time Roethlisberger handed to Bell from the shotgun, and he scored standing up.

So they changed the play. Again thumbing his nose at conventional logic, Tomlin kept Roethlisberger and company on the field to run a play. Naturally, Tomlin ordered a 2-point conversion and the pass to David Johnson was good.

The Steelers walked off the field with a 14-0 lead, while numerous Browns trudged to their locker room with their heads down.

If the story of this season repeats itself, the Browns’ offense will go dormant in the second half – they are averaging 5.1 points a game in the second half – Browns fans will head to the exits with five minutes left in the third quarter and by 3:30, only Steelers fans will remain. Cody Parkey missed the extra- point kick. They tightened up coverage in the red zone, and the front seven applied enough pressure to make things hard for the Steelers.

Steelers defensive tackle Javon Hargrave recovered a fumble by QB Josh McCown for a TD with 3:36 left to seal Pittsburghs win.

That ended any perceived drama.

Harrison teared up in the locker room afterward. I think I have to put them in better situations. Or will the Steelers get back on track? They know. They played. “I don’t know. But we need to get there quick”. “We want to try and stop the run and pressure the quarterback when we get the opportunities”.

The Vikings (6-4) used those momentum-shifting plays theyd been missing to hold onto a first-place tie with Detroit in the NFC North, with a rematch against the Lions looming in four days.

Cleveland has seen a revolving door at the quarterback position thus far this season.